Elk Run Heights vs Evansdale

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Run Heights and Evansdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Run Heights and Evansdale are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Evansdale has the higher population (4,530 vs 968 in Elk Run Heights). Elk Run Heights has the higher median household income ($68,828 vs $57,415 in Evansdale). Elk Run Heights has the higher median home value ($169,400 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
Population	968	4,530
Median age	56.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,828	$57,415
Median home value	$169,400	$138,200
Median gross rent	$1,250	$945
Housing units	463	2,224
Homeownership rate	92.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
Population	1,009 → 968 (-4.1%)	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$60,156 → $68,828 (+14.4%)	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $169,400 (+21.9%)	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,250 (+40.4%)	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)

Elk Run Heights

Population

1,009968

Median household income

$60,156$68,828

Median home value

$139,000$169,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,250

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	25.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	16.3%	15.7%
75 and over	12.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
No high school diploma	6.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
Drove alone	84.1%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
1-unit, detached	96.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Elk Run Heights	Evansdale
Poverty rate	2.6%	20.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1959	1962